Winners and Losers of Detroit Pistons and Utah Jazz's Bojan Bogdanovic Trade

Scenes of "demolition day" are shown to you by home improvement shows. You will get an entire demolition summer from the Utah Jazz.

The old core was taken apart on Thursday. In the wake of the megadeals that sent Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Jazz traded Bojan Bogdanovic to the Detroit Pistons for Kelly Olynyk and Saben Lee.

Many people were surprised by the return.

First of all, reports had long suggested that Utah believed each of the three players to be worth a first-round pick. It was easy to take those reports seriously because of Danny Ainge's hard bargain.

The Jazz did not get a pick in the deal. The younger player coming back is already 23 years old and was taken in the second round of the 2020 draft.

Bringing back a veteran who's under contract for next season is not a good idea for a rebuilding team.

This appears to be an attempt to clear the old roster before training camp, and the winners and the loser are pretty clear.

It might seem strange for the Pistons to win now. Teams that may have been a piece or two away from being a contender were the ones that were rumored to be interested in him.

Detroit is not a place that's like that.

Even though he makes the team better, he doesn't vault it into the top tier of the East. He makes life simpler for the potential star of the Pistons.

The 21 year old is named Cade Cunningham. He averaged 17.4 points and 5.6 assists and was surrounded by teammates who shot a dismal 34.8% from three in his first season in the league.

During his time with the Jazz, he hit 39.7 percent of his threes. Only four players matched or exceeded the marks during that time.

Giving Cade one of the game's most reliable floor-spacers will make him better and not just by increasing his assist totals. When Cade goes to the rim, one of the perimeter defenders will have to honor the three-point line.

The Pistons will probably lose some money because of this move, but they already have their cornerstone piece. Adding a player who will help him is a good idea.

Utah is branded aloser because it didn't get a first-round pick.

We aren't on the calls between Ainge and the front offices. Maybe no one had ever done something like that. It's possible that the Jazz just couldn't accommodate those with other strings attached.

Even if Utah is higher on Lee than others, it will have to pay next season for a veteran and a non-top flight prospect. $3 million of Olynyk's salary is guaranteed, but he is on a contract that is not going to be renewed.

The door is still open for the Jazz to improve this haul. A team desperate for frontcourt depth may make a move for Olynyk if he can stay healthy and perform the 2014–2018 2014–2018 2014–2018 2014–2018.

The Pistons feel more likely to get an enhancement of the trade. There's a chance that he could average 20 points and shoot 40% from three in Detroit, which would be a first for a contender.

The Jazz were going to insist on the inclusion of first-round picks in any trades for the veterans left after the Gobert and Mitchell trades.

With training camp right around the corner, the teams in the market for Jordan and Mike should be talking to Ainge.

Maybe Ainge is a bit more open to less-than-stellar deals now that he has gotten the absurd values he did for the stars.

If you bring them to training camp, you probably shouldn't expect them to make things any more awkward than they already are. Until deals are struck, the potential trades will hang over their heads.

Getting decent returns for each, entering the season with a fully overhauled roster and stacking up losses before the lottery are the preferred routes.

It's not hard to see why the Los Angeles Lakers were seen as a suitor for the Serbian.

L.A. has assembled a roster that doesn't fit him and won't contend for a title in 2022-23.

He would have made the team better if he had been around.

The Lakers front office should be in the market for more than one shooter with the addition of Anthony Davis. One of the best is the man named Bogdanovich.

Lakers fans feel a little confused when they see him go to a non-contender.

Is that all it takes? We didn't beat the offer.

There is no guarantee that he will stop moving. Organizations could call in February if he puts up big numbers. One of them should be the Lakers.